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NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS
ADVANCE CONFIDENT I AL REPORT lec841 $2
O F C O M P R E S S I B I L I T Y OB THE GROWTH
T B E LAMINAR BQUNDLLRY LAYER OX LOTi?-DRAG ?!INGS mD B O D I E S
By H. Julian Allen and Gerald lo Nitzberg
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory Moffett Field, Calif.
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT This document contains classified information affecting the National Defense of the United States within he meaning of the Espionage Act, USC 50t31 or the revin any maperson is mation so ed only toand naval Services of the United States, appropriate civilian offi- cers and employees of the Federal Government who have a legitimate interest therein, and to United States citizens of known loyalty and discretion who of necessity must be informed thereof.
January 1943
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BATIOiQAL ADVISORY CONMfTTEE POR AERONAUTICS
ADVAWCE CONPID3BTIAL REPORT
THE EBFZCT OP COMPRESSIBILITY O N TZE GBGWTH OF
THX LAMINAR BOUWDARY LAYER ON LOW-DRAG WINGS AND 3ODIXS
By H. J u l i a n A l l e n a n d G e r a l d E . 3 i t z b e r g
SUMMARY
The d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e l a m i n a r b o u n d a r y l a y e r i n a . c o m p r e s s i b l e f l u i d i s c o n s i d e r e d , F o r m u l a s a r e g i v e n
f o r d e t e r m i n i n g t h e . b o u n d a r y - l a y e r t h i c k n e s s a n d t h e r a t i o of t h e b o u n d a r y - l a g e r R e y n o l d s number t o t b e body R e y n o l d s number f o r a i r f o i l s a n d b o d i e s of r e v o l u t i o n .
I t i s shown t h a t t h e e f f e c t o f c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y w i l l p r o f o u n d l y a l t e r t h e R e y n o l d s number c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e u p p e r l i m i t o f t h e r a n g e o f t h e l o w - d r a g c o e f f i c i e n t s . The a v a i l a b l e d a t a i n d i c a t e t h a t f o r l o w - d r a g ~ n d h i g h c r i t i c a l c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y s p e e d ~ i r f o k l s a n d b o d i e s of r e v - o l u t i o n , t h i s e f f e c t i s f a v o r a b l e ,
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E x p e r i m e n t s w i t h a 1 3 r g e number of l o w - d r a g s i r f o i l s have shown t h a t a s l o n g R S t h e t r a n s i t i o n f r o m l a m i n ~ r t o t u r b u l e n t f l o w q t t h e s u - r f s c e o c c u r s b e t w e e n t h e miniuum p r e s s u r e p o s i t i o n a n d t h e t r a i l i n g e d g e of t h e a i r f o i l , t h e . l o w - d r a g C h r r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h e s e ~ i r f o i l s I r e main- t s i n e d , b u t t h a t a s t h e t r a n s i t i o n p o i n t moves f o r w ~ r d of t h o minimum p r e s s u r e p o s i t i o n t h e d r ~ g coefficient i n - c r o n s c s morz O r l e s s m Q r k s d l y d c p o n d i n g on t h o a i r f o i l p r s s s u r o d - i s t r i b u t i o n .
I t h3g b e e n f o u n d t h n t t h e b o u n d - s r y - l a y e r X e y n o l d s number Rg , b-~ s e d on t h e b o u a d n r y - 1 - y e r t h i c k n e s s ?n& t h e l o c ~ l v e l o c i t y o u t s i d e t h i s l s g e r , g i v e s 5 f a i r me2s- u r e o f t h e s t a b i l i t y of t h e b o u n d g r y l l y e r a n d , i n o o n s e - q u e n c e , moy be u s e d 9 s n c r i t e r i o n f o r d e t e r m i n i n g t h e p o i n t .tt w h i c h t r q n s i t i o n t o t u r b u l e n t f l o w t s k e s p l a c e ,
As n o t e d i n r e f e r e n c e 1, t h e b e s t e s t i m l t e s of t l i e
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c r i t i c n l v q l u e of Bs s v ~ i l ~ b l e n t p r e s e n t were ob t .q ined from f l i g h t t e s t s of a n 2JRC.A 35-215 n i r f o i l s e c t i o n wkich W R S t e s t e d 9,s I g l o v e on t h e 3-18 x i r p l a n e . D e s i g n s % i n g
R g = u
where V i s t h e v e l o c i t y ou - t s ide t h e boundary l z y e r ; 6 , t h e d i s t s n c e from t h e s u r f a c e of t h e a - i r f o i l t o 9 p o i n t i n t h e bounds ry l ? y e r where t h e v e l o c i t y h ~ s r e a c h e d 0.7'0'7 V ; qnd u , t h e k i n e m a t i c v i s c o s i t y of t h e f l u i d , c r i t i c a l v a l u e s of R6 be tween 8000 and 9500 were ob- s e r v e d i n t h e s e f l i g h t t e s t s .
From von Xtirmbn's momentum r e l a t i o n ( r e f e r e n c e 2 , p . 107 ) i t i s e v i d e n t t h a t , i n a n i n c o m p r e s s i b l e f l u i d , i f
1. t h e bounds.ry l g y e r on a g i v e n body i s l a m i n a r f rom t h e s t a g n a t i o n p o i n t t o any g i v e n p o i n t on t h e body
2. t h e 3oun6-ary- layer v e l o c i t y p r o f i l e I s a t a l l p o i n t s a l o n g t h e s u r f a c e of t h e same form when c o n s i d e r e ? n o n d i m e n s i o n a l l y i n t e r m s of 6 and S T ; t h e n a t . t he r
g i v e n p o i n t on t h e s u r f a c . e , t h e boundar2-- layer Reyno lds number R8 i s r e l a t e d t o t h e body Reyno lds number R ( b a s e d on body d i m e n s i o n s and t h e s t r e a m s p e e d ) i n t h e form
R = c o n s t a n t
R
I f t h e ' cons t .an t i s known f o r any body a t t h e minimum p r e s s u r e p o i n t i t i s p o s s ' i b l e t o d e t e r m i n e t-he body a e y n o l d s number, vrhich i s t h e u 3 p e r l i m i t of t h e r a n g e of t h e low-,drag c o e f f i c i e n t s , - f o r .a g i v e n v a l u e o f 9
6'cr i t n f or n e a r l y i nc .ompres s ib l e f l o w t h i s c o n s t a n t may be e v a l - u a t e d by t h e method a.f r e f e r e n c e 1. I n t h o s e a p p l i c a - t i o n s where t h e i iach number i s n o t n e g l i g i b l y sinal.1-,: i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o extend- t h i s method t o t a k e a c c o u n t of t h e c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y e f f e c t s . Such a n e x t a n s i o n of t h i s meth- od i s t h e s u b j e c t of t h i s p a - ~ e r .
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The growth of t h e l a m i n a r boundary l a g e r i n a com- p r e s s i b l e f l u i d may be c o n v e n i e n t l y s t u d i e d by von K&rm&nls momentum method. T o t h i s end , c o n s i d e r f i r s t t h e s t e a d y - s t a t e f l o w a c r o s s t h e f a c e s of an e l e m e n t a l p a r a l l e l o p i p e d a t t h e s u r f a c e of a two-d imens iona l body shown i n f i g u r e 1. L e t h , which i s chosen so a s t o be i n d e p e n d e n t of s , be t h e d i s t a n c e f rom t h e s u r f a c e of t h e body t o a p0in.t i n t h e boundary l a y e r where t h e f l u i d s h e n r has become n e g l i g i b z y s m a l l .
The s e v e r a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e s component of t h e change i n momentum a c r o s s t h e p a r a l l e l o p i p e d # w i l l now be
. c o n s i d e r e d i n t u r n .
The f l u i d e n t e r i n g t h e f a c e normal t o s p e r u n i t w i d t h i n t r o d u c e s t h e momentum
r r h i l e t h a t removed a t t h e o p p o s i t e f a c e i s
and h e n c e t h e change i n t h i s c o n t r i b u t i s n t o , t h e momentum i s
No c o n t r i b u t i o n o c c u r s a t t h e s u r f a c e of t h e a i r f o i l bu t a t t h e p a r a l l e l f s c e ? n amount pv V, 6 s i s removed. C o n t i n u i t y r e q u i r e s t h n t
hence
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~ n d s o t h i s c o n t c i b u t i o n becomes
S i n c e t h e f l o w i s c o n s i d e r e d t o be c o n s t a n t w i t h t i m a , t h o t o t a l change i n t h e . s component of momentum a c r o s s t h e p a r ~ l l o l o p i p e d i s g i v e n by t h e sum of e q u a t i o n s ( 1 ) and (2).
The f o r c e s a c t i n g on t h e p a r a l l e l o p i p c d i n t h e & i r a c - t i o n of s a r e t h e s u r f a c e s h e a r and t h e p r e s s u r e d i f - f e r e n c e between t h e s u r f a c e s normal t o s . The s h e a r f o r c e , u s i n g t h e e s t a b l i s h e d s i g n c o n v e n t i o n , i s
a n d , i f t h e boundarv l a y e r i s t h i n , i t h a s been shown ( r e f e r e n c e 2 , p . 5 3 j t h a t t h e p r e s s u r e v a r i a t i o n w i t h y i s n e g l i g i b l e , so t h a t t h e p r e s s u r e f o r c e i s
ITow v i s s m a l l compared t o 8, so t h a t B e r n o u l l i ' s e q u a t i o n f o r a c o m p r e s s i b l e f l o w which i s c o n s t a n t w i t h r e s p e c t t o t i m e may be w r i t t e n f o r t h e f l o w r e g i o n ou t - s i d e . t h e f r i c t i o n a l i n f l u e n c e of t h e boundary l a y e r
1% i s c o n v e n i e n t to . r e w r i t e t h i s a s
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Woreover , s i n c e b o t h pv. and V a r e i n d e p e n d e n t of y ,
f o r r e a s o n s which $fill be e v i d e n t l a t e r
s o t h a t e q u a t i o n ( 4 ) becomes
F i n a l l y , e q u a t i n g t h e change i n t h e s component of mo- mentum a c r o s s t h e p a r a l l e l o p i p e d t o t h e s d i r e c t e d f o r c e s on t h e p a r a l l e l o p i p e d , t h e "momentum" r e l a t i o n f o r t h e two-d imens iona l f l o w of a c o m p r e s s i b l e f l u i d ( i . e . , w i t h v a r y i n g d e n s i t y ) i s
I t h a s been o b s e r v e d i n a number of e x p e r i m e n t s w i t h c o n v e n t i o n a l low-drag and h i g h c r i t i c a l c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y speed a i r f o i l s t h a t t h e S l a s i u s - t y p e p r o f i l e i s a g o o d a p p r o x i m a t i o n t o t h e a c t u a l bounda ry - l ayo r p r o f i l e o v e r t h e f o r w a r d r e g i o n of t h e a i r f o i l where t h e p r e s s u r e s a r e f a l l - i n g An e x a m i n a t i o n of t h e c a l c u l a t e d bounda ry - l aye r p r o - f i L e s f o r a f l a t p l a t e a t a nuabe r of Xach numbers ( r e f e r - e n c e 3) i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e form of t h e p r o ~ i l o r ema ins c l o s e t o t h e B l a s i u s t y p e f o r s u b s o n i c f l o w s . As a conse- quence i t seoms r e a s o n a b l e t o assume, a s i s done i n t h e a n a l y s i s t o f o l l o w , t h a t t h e boundary l a y e r ove r t h e s u r - f a c e of c o n v e n t i o n a l low-drag and h i g h c r i t i c a l speed a i r - f o i l s 1 1 ~ i l l r ema in of t h e S l a s i u s t r p e t h r o u g h o u t t h e sub- s o n i c s p e e d r a n g e .
4 I t may be shown t h a t t o t h e o r d e r of K' t h e d e n s i t y and t e m p e r a t u r e o u t s i d e t h e boundary l a y e r , i f a d i a b a t i c c o n d i t i o n s e x i s t , a r e , r e s p e c t i v e l y ,
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and
rr!here t l ie s u b s c r i p t o d e n o t e s c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e f r e e s t r e a m and t h e s u b s c r i p t v d e n o t e s c o n d i t i o n s j u s t o u t s i d e ' t h a boundary . l a y e r a t any p o i n t s a l o n g t h e a i r f o i l , where t h e v e l o c i t y i s V ; and Y = ap/c , , t h e r a t i o of s p e c i f i c h e a t s .
S i n c e . t h e p r e s s u r a i s t r a n s m i t t e d unchanged t h r o u g h t h e boundary l a y e r , i t f o l l o w s from t h e law o f Boyle and C h a r l e s t h a t t h e d e n s i t y a t , a n y p o i n t y w i t h i n t h e bould'?,ry l a y e r i s r a l a t e d t o t h s l o c a l t e m l 2 r a t u r e by
F u r t h e r , i t i s shown i n r s f c r e n c c S t h a t f o r a f l a t p l a t e t h a t e m a e r a t u r e v a r i a t i o n w i t h i n t h a bounday l a y c r , f o r t h e P r a n d t l number e q u a l t o u n i t y , i s g i v e n by
The P r a n d t l ,number i s d e n o t e d by
1 ? ~ h a r e i n , f o r t h a f l u i d ,
I.L . t h e a b s o l u t e v i s c o s i t ; ~ c o ~ f f i c i s n t . .
C~ t h e s p e c i f i c h e a t a t c o n s t a n t y r e s s u r a
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and
k tho thermal conductivity
For air, the Prandtl number is less than unity (at standard condition Pr for air is 0 @ 7 ' 5 3 ) but it is not cxpactcd thzt the form of the temparature variation cs given in reference 3 will, for air, be seriously in error, For the airfoil it seems correct then to assume the'temperature variation to be of the same form
Moreover, the results of tests with a circular cylinder (reference 4) have indicated that the surface temperature may be given with reasonable accurzcy by
/
z , ~
Finally, from the ralations of aquations . ( ? ) , ( 8 ) , ( 9 ) , and (lo), to th2 order Ma, it may be found that
?he surface unit shear is given bg
Experiment has shown tha.t . ~ t varies as tho absolute temperature to the 0,7S power and from equations (7) and (10) to the ordar of N2
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an6 s o , t o t h e p r e s e n t o r d e r of a p p r o x i m a t i o n
U s i n g t h e 6 -ens i ty r e l a t i o n s of e q u a t i o n s ( '7 ) an?- ( l L ) , t h e v a l u e of 7 g i v e n by e q u a t i o n (15), and assuming t h e B l a s i u s v a r i a t i o n of U / V ki i th 1 i n t h e momentu;l e q u a t i o n ( 6 ) , i t was f o u n d t i l a t , t o t h e o r d o r of :I2, t h e 3oun&ary- layer t h i c k n e s s 6 i s g i v e n by
c cliord of t h e a i r f o i l
vo t h e k i n e m a t i c v i s c o s i t y i n t h o f r e c s t r e a m
Vl t h e v e l o c i t y o u t s i d e t h e boundary l a y e r at t h e g o i n t ,
% / c f o r which t h e boundary l a y e r i s b e i n g computed
6 t h o bov-ndary-layer t h i c k n e s s , 7-rhich i s c o n s i d c r c d i n t h i s a n a l y s l s t o be the d i s t a n c e from t h e su - r f ace of t h e a i r f o i l t o a p o i n t i n t h o b o ~ i ~ d a r y l a y e r 7,:herc 2
t h o r a t i o of the L o c a l v e l o c i t y t o t h o v e l o c i t y out- s i d e t h e boundary l a y e r i s 0.707
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To employ R6 a s a c r i t e r i o n f o ~ d e t e r m i n i n g t h e s t a b i l i t y of t h e l a m i n a r boundary l a y e r , accoun t must be t a k e n of t h e f a c t t h a t b e c a u s e of aerodynamic h e a t i n g , t h e k i n e m a t i c v i s c o s i t y v a r i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e boundary l a y e r . The v a l u e of v u s e d i n c a l c u l a t i n g t h e boundary- l a y e r Reyno lds number s h o u l d be t h a t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of t h e '2oint i n t h e bounda ry l a y e r a t which i n s t a b i l i t y i n i t i a t e s . The t h e o r e t i c a l a n a l y s i s d o e s no t i n d i c a t e t h e l o c a t i o n of t 5 i s p o i n t , bu t i t i s c l e a r t h a t t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c v i s - c o s i t y w i l l l i e between t h a t a t t h e a i r f o i l s u r f a c e and tha , t a t t h e o u t s i d e of t h e boundary l a y e r . The k i n e m a t i c v i s c o s i t y i s g i v e n by
U s i n g t h e d e n s i t y and t e m p e r a t u r e r e l a t i o n s of e q u a t i o n ( ? ) , t h e u o u t s i d e f t v i s c o s i t y i s t o t h e o r d e r of M~
and u s i n g t h e r e l a t i o n s of e q u ' a t i o n s ( l l ) and ( 1 2 ) t h e " i i i s i d e t l v i s c o s i t y i s t o t h e o r d e r of 1i2
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t h e n w i t h t h e v a l u e of 6 g i v e n by e q u a t i o n ( 1 4 )
an6 t l i e valucis of (a) and ( 3 ) a;-e f o r t l lo t v o l i n i t i n g c a s e s
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and- u n a e r t h c prcv iou-s a s s u m ~ t i o n s a s t o t e n p e r a t u r e and G o n s i t y v a r i a t i o n and til;! s h a p e of t h e boundary- layer v g l o c i t y p r o f i l c , i t may b c shown t h a t t o t h e o r d e r of
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an& t h e r e m a i n i n g s y n b o l s a r e a s p r e v i o u s l y d e s i g n a t e d .
T o a p p l y t h e e q u a t i o n s , t h e v e l o c i t y d i s t r i b u t i o n a t t h e Ivzach number M inust b e a s c e r t a i n e d , When t h e exper- imenta.1 p r e s s u r e c o ' e f f i c i e n t P d i s t r i b u t i o n i s kno7:~n a t t h e 2 e s i r e d Mach number, t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n of V / V , ;lay be
f o u n d u s i n g ~ e r n o u l l i t s s q u a t i o n f o r a co :<pres s ib l e f l u i d , Fo r a i r t h i s e q u a t i o n i s
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V a l u c s o b t n i n c d from t h i s e q u a t i o n a r e g i v e n i n t a b l c I. . .
I n . t h e n o r e v-sual c a s e ~ r h s c e ' the ~ ~ r e s s u r e - c o ~ f f i c i c n t d i ~ t ~ i b u t i o n i s lrnown f o r II = 0 , t h a t f o r t h e d e s i r c c ~ * - I,a,ch nuabc r may be c a l c u l a t e d u s i n g von ~ & r m & n ' s e q u a t i o n ( r e f e r e n c e 5 )
Va.?_?lcs o b t a i n e a f rom t h i s e q u a t i o n . a r c g i v c a i n t a b l c 11.
D I S C U S S I O W hP3 COITCLUSIONS
Ail i n v e s t i g a t i o n of t h e bonndary- laycr t h i c k n e s s a t a p o i n t 55 p e r c e n t beh ind t h e l e a d i n g c a g e on t h e u p p e r sur- f a c e of ail NBCA 55,2-420 a i r f o i l at s e v e r a l ilach numbers bras condu.cted i n t $e 16-foot wind t u n n e l a t t h e Ames Aero- n a u t i c a l L a b o r a t o r y . Us ing t h e measured ;?ressu.re 6 i s t r i - b u t i o n s a t t h e same iiach nurn'oei-s, t h e boundary- layer %?lick-- n c s s was c a l c u l a t e d by e q u a t i o n ( 1 4 ) which c o n s i d e r s e f f e c t s of c ~ r n l ~ e s s i b i l i t y and a e r o d y n a n i c h e a t i n g , and by t h e cor re - s j ~ o n d i n g e q u a t i o n of r e f e r e n c e 1 which n e g l e c t s t h e s e e f f o c t s . e c a l c - ~ - l a t ocl v a r i a t i o n of boundary-layer t h i c k n e s s w i t h Iiacli nun'uer a s d e t e r m i n e d f rom t h e s e e q u a t i o n s and t:?c sov- e r a 1 ox ;?er imenta l ly - - -zeasur cd v a l u e s a r c shown on f i g u r e 2. Tha t the t h e o r e t i c a l v a r i a t i o n of B i s v a l i d i s i n L i c a t c d by t h e c l o s e agreement be tween t h e c a l c u l a t e d v a l u e s o b t a i n e d f rsm c q u a t f on ( 1 4 ) ' a n d t h e experimental r e s u l t s .
As n o t e d p r e ~ i o u s l y , i n o r d e r t h a t may b o used a s a c r i t e r i o n f o r t h e s t a b i l i t y of t h c boundary l a y e r , i t i s e s s c n t i a l t o d o t orminc whoye, ~ , i t l i i n t h e boundary l a g o r , t r a n s i t i o n t o turbulent f l o w i n i t i a t c s . I n cxper i ~ o n t a 1 i n v e s t i g a t i o n s l - ~ i t l l I l a . ~ p l a t e s ( r c f c r c n c e 6 ) , i t \;as found t h a t slotr f l u c t u a t i o n s of f1o . r~ occGr w i t h i n t h e 'oounlSar:y
,ln:.7er though t h e y :Ire not a3-;arent n e a r t l . e ou t s i c l e of t h e l a ~ ~ e r * J o n e s ( r q f e r e n c e 7 ) o b t a i n e d ex-per imenta l r e s u l t s s u b s t a n t i a t in& t h e s e d a t a 2nd s x g g e s t e d t h a t t h e phenomena of t r a n s i t i o n t o t u r ' o u l e n t f l o w nay 'ue t h e d i r e c t r e s u l t of
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i n t e r m i t t e n t i n s t a b i l i t y & u e t o t r a n s i e n t s e p a r a t i o n of t h e f low f r o n t h e s u r f a c e . I f t h i s i s t r u e , t h e n . t r a n s i t i o n n u s t i n i t i a t e n e a r t h e i n s i d e of t h e bou-ndary
. l a y e r .
The e x p e r i m e n t a l d a t a a v a i l a b l e s h o v i n g t h e e f f e c t s of conpr e s s i b i l i t y and aerodynamic h e a t i n g inc l i ca t e t h a t t r a a s i t i on d o e s a r i s e n e a r t h e s u r f a c e o T5ese d a t a were 0b'taiil:ed w i t h f o u r KACB 27-212 a i r f o i l models of & i f f e r e n t c l lords by m e a s u r i n g t h e maximum Reynolcls nunber foi- b~hic:? 101: d r a g bras m a i n t a i n e d . I t was found t h a t t h e v a l u e s of t h i s c r i t i c a l R e y n o l d s number f o r t h e s m a l l e r cho rd a i r f o i l s , ~ r h i c h r e q u i r e d h i g h e r Nach numbers t h a n t h e l a r g e r cho rd a i r f o i l s t o r e a c h a g i v e n Reynold-s number, v e r e ~ u c h h ig l l e r t h a n tlzose f o r t i l e l a r g e r chord a i r f o i l s * The v a r i a t i o n of c r i t i c a l Reyno lds number w i t h ifacli number compute?- f rom e q u a t i o n ( 1 9 ) and e x p e r i m e n t a l mcasure i i l~n t s f o r t h e B A C B 27-212 a i r f o i l s a r e s:loim on f i g a r c 3. I t i s s een t h z t when t h e boundary- layer Reyno lds nu-nber i s based on t? ie i n s i d e v i s c o s i t y and t h e low Ilach-nw~5er- e q e r i rnen ta l i 3 o i n t s a r e f i t t e d t o t h e t h e o r e t i c a l c u r v e , t h e c a l c u l a t e d e f f e c t of c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y i s i n a g r e e n e n t w i t h e x p e r i n e n t .
To i n v e s t i g a t e t h e iiaeh-n-am"aer e f f e c t f o r o t h e r t y 7 e s of a i r f o i l s , v a l u e s of X 8 a / ~ c have been c a l c u l a t e & f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g t
1, t h e NACA 35-215 s e c t i o n , v;:lich i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e more u s u a l low-drag a i r f o i l s ;
, 2. t h e lT.4CA 16-212, which i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e t h i n h i g h c r i t i c a l c o ~ ~ : p r e s s i b i l i t y s p e e d a i r f o i l s 6 and
3 , t h e i ' t lCA 45-125 7-hich i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t1.e t h i c k k i g h c r i t i c a l c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y s p e e d a i r f o i l s , deve loped t o ?e r rn i t power p l a n t i n s t a l l a t i o n s ~ ~ i t l i i n t h e wing, For t h e f i r s t tliro a i r f o i l s e c t i o n s t h e t h e o r e t i c a l v e l o c i t y d i ~ t ~ i - b u t i o n w a s employed. For t h e t h i r d a i r f o i l s e c t i o n , . t h e v e l o c i t y b i s t r i b v - t i o n o b t a i n e d f y o a t h e e::porimcntal 2 r e s s u r e d i s t r i b u t i o n g i v e n i n r e f e r e n c e 8 was u s e d . I n f i g u r c 4 , t h e r a t i o of Rg2/zc a s c a l c u l a t e d by e q u a t i o n ( 1 9 ) of t h i s re- p o r t , u s i n g t i l e l i . .a i t :ng v a l u e s of a and b g i v e n by e c f u a t i o n ( 2 0 ) ~ i s sliown a s a f u n c t i o n of t h e Hach nv-nbcr f o r e a c h of t h e t h r e e a i r f o i l s . For coinpar ison t h c r a t i o a s c a l c u l a t e d by t l i e method of r e f e r e n c e 1, rlr'nic'? ~ l i s r e g a ~ d s t h e c o . ~ p r e s s i b i l i t y e f f c c t s , i s shown.
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B c c e n t l y an e x p c r i n c n t a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n was made of t h e e f f e c t of h e a t i n ; t h e s u r f a c e of a lovr-drag a i r f o i l by h e a t i n g e l e m e n t s p l a c e d w i t h i n t l i e u i n g . It r r a s f o u n d , ?Then Ilea$ was s o a p p l i e d a s t o m a i n t a i n t h e e n t i r e s u r f a c e of t h e a i r f o i l o v e r wiiich t h e l a m i n a r f l o w o c c u r r e d a t a c o n s t a n t t e m p e r a t u r e incre inent above t h e te r i lpera ture of t h e a s j i e n t s t r e a m , t h a t t h e boundary l a y e r was d e s t a b i l i z e d so t h a t t h e c r i t i c a l Reyno lds number w a s d e c r e a s e d . With t h e same t e l i ~ p e ~ a t u r e i n c r e m e n t bu t w i t h o n l y t h e s u r f a c e i n t h e i.;lmediate v i c i n i t y of t h e t r a n s i t i o n r e g i o n h e a t e d , t h e f i e s t a - a i l i z i n g e f f e c t on t h e boundary l a y e r v a s even .;lore ;!larked, These r e s u l t s , i n c o n $ r a s t t o t L e r e s u l t s of t h c e x l m imcn t s w i t h t h e NACA 27-212 a i r f o i l s p r e v i o u s l y a l l u d e d t o , 1.rould i n d i c a t e t h a t v i s c o s i t y c o n s i d e r a t i o n s a l o n e a r e n o t s u f f i c i e n t t o e x p l a i n t h e e f f e c t of h e a t on t h e s t a b i l i t y of t h e boundary l a y e r u n l e s s , as i n t h e c a s e s of aerodynaifl ic h c a t i n ~ and no h e a t i n g , t h e t e ~ l p e r a t u r e g r a d i e n t i n t h e boundb a r y l a y e r a t t h c s u r f a c e i s ze ro . I t v a s c o n s i d e r e d t h a t , i n t h e i n v c s t i g a t i o n of t h e h e a t e d Z o i ; ~ d r a g a i r f o i l , by hea t - i n g t h e load ing-edge s e c t i o n o n l y a t c m p c r a t u r e v a r i a t i o n i n t h e bounciary l a y e r a t t r a n s i t i o n s i m i l a r t o t h a t o b t a i n e d i n aerodynamic h e a t i c g c o u l d b e promote?. S o t h a t a f u r t h e r s t u d y of aerodynamic h e a t i n g cou ld be mscle. T h i s was at- t empted but t h e h e a t so t r a n s f e r r e d was i i l s u f f i c i e n t t o m a t e r i a l l y i n f l u e a c e t h e ten:7eTature v a r i a t i o n over a n d above t h a t o c c u r r i n g n a t i ~ - r a l l y a t t h e iiach n ~ m b e r s of t h e t e s t s s o % h a t no f u r t h e r conc lv . s ions cou1.d b e drawil.
-. The d e r i v a t i o n of e q u a t i o n ( 1 9 ) i s based on t h e assump-
t i o n of s m a l l v a l u e s of t h e IIach number. N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e equa , t ion seems t o be i n f a i r q u a n t i t a t i v e agreement w i t 3 e x p e r i m e n t a l c la ta even a t i lach num5ei.s o f 0 , 6 5 , Bokrevesj no a c c o u n t h a s been t a k e n of e f f e c t s on t h e ?r ind- tunnel d a t a r e s u l t i n s f r oiii t h e t u n n e l t u r b u l e n c e l e v e l c h a n g i n g w i t h . s p e e d , A r e c e n t i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t h e 8-foot hig!z-s2eed til-nnel a t t h e Lang ley 1;emor i a l Aeronaut i c a l Labor s t o r y in- d i c a t e s : t h a t t h e tunne3. t u r b u l e n c e i n c r e a s e s w i t h t h e itiach number. S i n c e i n c r e a s i n g t h e t - u r b ~ l c n c ~ e l e v e l h a s a de- s t a b i l i z i n g e f f e c t on t h e bov-ncary l a y o r ( f i g . 3 ) , it ~ ~ 0 i l l d be conc luded t h a t t h e v c r i a t i on g r e d i c t oc? 'oy equat i o n ( 1 9 ) is ' conse rva t ive . ' F u r t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n of t h e - e f f c c t s of c o l ~ p r e s s i b i l i t y on t h e s t a b i l i t y of t h e l amina r boixnSiar:/ l a y e r i s n o c c s s a s g b e f o r e an e v a l u a t i o n of t h c q u a , n t i t a t i ~ e a c c u r a c y of e q u a t io-n ( 1 9 ) can be, made.
A i ~ ~ c s A e r o n a u t i c a l L a b o r a t o r y , ITa t iona l Advisorjr C o i n m i t t e ~ l o r Acrona .u t i c s ,
EIoff c t t F i e l d , C a l i f ,
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TABLE P
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T,AJLE I1
Values of (P- Q = ~ )
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Bigure 1,- Bowdary layer coordinatas.
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Fig. 2
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F i p e 3.- The e f l e c t of cor~~press ib i l i ty on the c r i t i c a l Reynolds- number r a t i o of tile ??ACd 27-212 a i r f o i l ,
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I\TACA Fig. 4
2 P i p e 4.- The c f i ec t of c o : : ~ p r ~ s s i b i l i t ~ on R8 /zc f o r three a i r f o i l s .